Old-School Essentials
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A modular adventure game in the tradition of the beloved 1980s role-playing rules. 100% old-school rules, 100% modern design.
Backers: 2979
Average Pledge Per Backer: €54
Funded: €160,390 of €15,000
Dates: Apr 12th -> May 12th (30 days)
Project By: Necrotic Gnome
Backers: 2979
Average Pledge Per Backer: €54
Funded: €160,390 of €15,000
Dates: Apr 12th -> May 12th (30 days)
Project By: Necrotic Gnome
€160,390
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 12 @ 14:01 -0400 GMT
1069%
of goal
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Latest News
Looking through the pre-release PDF of the OSE Advanced Fantasy Referee’s Tome
September 28th - via: reddicediaries.com
I backed the Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy Kickstarter by Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral, Gavin Norman the author was kind enough to send pre-release PDFs to the people who back the Kickstarter. In this episode I’m looking through the second of the two compiled rules tomes available on the Kickstarter. (Read More)
Tenkar's Tavern: Final Two Weeks for Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy Kickstarter
August 28th - via: tenkarstavern.com
When I found out that Necrotic Gnome was doing another Kickstarter to add-in some "Advanced Fantasy" supplements...I bought in ASAP. Since the Kickstarter has just under two weeks left as of the time of this post I figured I'd clue some of you in. (Read More)
Old-School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy Kickstarter Funds in First Hours
August 14th - via: thegaminggang.com
Yesterday saw the launch of a new Kickstarter to bring four new supplements to the Old-School Essentials roleplaying game. On offer, from Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral, are the Genre Rules, Druid and Illusionist Spells, Monsters, and Treasure supplements. (Read More)
Half-elf race-class preview! 
May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
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Underground Character Sheet by James West!
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
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A missive from from Peter Mullen!
May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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More artists coming on board!
May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, You know the full-colour art stretch goals say "artists to be announced"? Well, I'm delighted to announce that the following three lovely folks are now on board and will be producing some fantastic art for the books. Emma Lazauski:... (Read More)
Final stretch! Druid and Illusionist Spells preview
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I think it's now official: we're approaching the end spurt of this Kickstarter! There remain only 3 days!! It's been a crazy 27 days getting up to this point, beginning with the initial funding goal being reached in under 2 hours,... (Read More)
€100K! 24 pages of full-colour art!
May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, We just hit a major milestone — 100,000 Euro Bucks! This means that we've unlocked a third set of full-page, full-colour art plates for the books! This time, the new art will be added into Classic Fantasy: Monsters and the monsters... (Read More)
Purist Character Sheet preview — near final version!
May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Just a quick update with the nearly final version of the Purist Character Sheet, for your perusal. I'll be publishing this shortly after the Kickstarter finishes (which means next week! — I can't believe we're in the last week of the... (Read More)
Announcement: More Name-Level and Immortal pledge slots opening up in 4 hours!
May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I know not everyone who wanted to pledge at the Name-Level or Immortal tiers was able to, due to the highly limited number of slots available. If you're one of those people, now is your chance! In four hours' time, at 20:00 this evening... (Read More)
Advanced Fantasy: Genre Rules — Final Cover Image!
May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Running a Kickstarter campaign is a pretty full-time job, with nary a pause for respite. Today, however, I managed to take a little time out, and enjoyed a trip to the cinema for a triple-bill screening of the first three Alien films.... (Read More)
€90K! 600% funded! Final stretch goals added!
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Wow, things racked up very quickly yesterday! We've now hit the €90,000 stretch goal and will be adding 8 pages of full-colour art plates to the Rules Tome and the Classic Fantasy: Cleric and Magic-User Spells book! I've updated the... (Read More)
Artists, illusionists, and the next stretch goal
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I've been super busy the last few days, but just wanted to post a quick update to say that things are progressing behind the scenes! Some progress reports on a few different topics... Full-Colour Art Plates Anticipating the need for... (Read More)
€80K! We have full-colour art!
April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I awake this morning to wonderful news — we've reached €80,000 and unlocked the next stretch goal! This means that the Rules Tome is going to be enhanced with the addition of 8 full-page, full-colour pieces of art, located at a... (Read More)
Untracked shipping rates to Canada, Australia, Africa, Asia, South America
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, A very quick piece of news: we've been chatting with the fulfillment company about ways to reduce the costs of shipping to some of the regions that are especially hard hit (e.g. Canada, Australia, South America). The shipping rate... (Read More)
Another stretch goal bites the dust!
April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, As you've probably already spotted, we have crossed the €75,000 mark! This means that the project is over 500% funded, which is pretty amazing! It also means that those 21 pre-gen characters which I'll be rolling/writing up (and yes,... (Read More)
Advanced Fantasy preview: cover sketch, the bard class, and the druid spell list!
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
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A couple of questions for you all
April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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Old-School Essentials Is Bringing Classic D&D Rules to the Modern Era
April 21st - via: 411mania.com
With the rise of D&D, retro role-playing games are finding a new life within the the industry. Old-School Essentials is here to help bring those rules to life. Necrotic Gnome has launched a Kickstarter that aims to bring about a new set of books that fans of the 1981 Basic/Expert D&D game will be sure to appreciate in a (Read More)
€70K! And about future stretch goals...
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey eveyone, Wow! We just passed €70,000! This means that we've unlocked the third set of pre-gen characters – those of Neutral alignment. We'll now be producing a total of 21 pre-gens: one for each alignment / classic character class... (Read More)
Rules Tome sneak preview: table of contents
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, You've all had a look at the free Old-School Essentials Basic Rules by now, right? The Basic Rules book serves two purposes. Firstly, it acts as a free sampler of Old-School Essentials, to entice the curious. Secondly, it provides those... (Read More)
€65K! Over 1,000 backers!
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, So over the last 24 hours, we've hit two milestones: The €65,000 mark – unlocking the second set of pre-gen characters. These will be a bunch of nasty ne'er-do-wells that will be perfect to throw at more morally upstanding PCs as a... (Read More)
Work on the Purist Character Sheet has begun!
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
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€55K and €60K stretch goals unlocked — ribbons and colours!
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, We've hit €60,000! This means that two more succulent stretch goals are ready to rock! First up, we'll be adding a second ribbon marker in the Rules Tome. In a thick, 256 page book, there'll definitely be multiple sections that you... (Read More)
€50K stretch goal unlocked — we have generators!
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everyone! (Well, it's morning here, at least.) I'm delighted to announce that (as you have no doubt already seen) we've passed the €50K mark! This means that the rules reference website will now not only consist of an online,... (Read More)
First backers only update: about the drow class
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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Stretch goals up to €75,000 added!
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Let's talk about stretch goals... As you all know, we've already shattered all previously set stretch goals up to €35,000. This is amazing, and, frankly, was completely not anticipated at this early stage of the campaign! Thank you... (Read More)
All stretch goals smashed!
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, So I went to sleep for a few hours and look what happened! All of the stretch goals we had lined up at the start of the campaign are now unlocked! What can I say? This is truly amazing! Everything I wanted to achieve already achieved in... (Read More)
Funded in under 2 hours!
April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Well, this has been an utterly crazy and amazing beginning to the campaign! I'm totally blown away, to be honest. I was expecting the basic funding goal to be reached — in 30 days — but never in my wildest dreams did I envisage... (Read More)
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